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The 'NBA Most Improved Players' quiz

Created on March 3, 2026 | Total tries: 4 | Average Score: 12.2 out of 40 (31%) | Quiz FAQ

Happy 60th birthday to three-time All-Star, five-time All-NBA selection and 1988-89 NBA Most Improved Player award winner, Kevin Johnson!

Johnson was selected seventh-overall by the Cleveland Cavaliers in the 1987 NBA draft, but was traded to Phoenix as a rookie in a deal that sent Larry Nance heading to Cleveland. Johnson saw his production across the board explode in his second NBA season, with his points-per-game rising from 9.2 to 20.4 and his assists going up from 5.5 to 12.2 from 1987– to 1988-89. The massive jump in production earned him the 1988-89 Most Improved Player award for a Suns team that went 55-27.

Johnson spent the rest of his career in the desert and would go on to have a very solid NBA career. He averaged more than 20 points-per-game in five campaigns and is still 28th all-time in NBA history with 6,711 career-assists.

Which brings us to today’s quiz. How many of the NBA players to win the Most Improved Player award can you name in six minutes?

Good luck!

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Quiz Clue: Season / Team / Jersey # | Created on March 3, 2026 | Total tries: 4 | Average Score: 12.2 out of 40 (31%) | Quiz FAQ

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2025 / ATL / #5

2024 / PHI / #0

2023 / UTAH / #23

2022 / MEM / #12

2021 / NYK / #30

2020 / NO / #14

2019 / TOR / #43

2018 / IND / #4

2017 / MIL / #34

2016 / POR / #3

2015 / CHI / #21

2014 / PHX / #1

2013 / IND / #24

2012 / ORL / #33

2011 / MIN / #42

2010 / HOU / #0

2009 / IND / #33

2008 / ORL / #15

2007 / GS / #8

2006 / PHX / #3

2005 / LAC / #21

2004 / POR / #50

2003 / GS / #0

2002 / IND / #7

2001 / ORL / #1

2000 / IND / #5

1999 / ORL / #10

1998 / ATL / #44

1997 / MIA / #8

1996 / WAS / #77

1995 / PHI / #3

1994 / WAS / #34

1993 / DEN / #3

1992 / WAS / #43

1991 / ORL / #4

1990 / MIA / #4

1989 / PHX / #7

1988 / POR / #00

1987 / SEA / #3

1986 / SA / #21

Tommy Fradenburg is a freelance writer and an alumni of UNC Chapel Hill currently based in Charlotte, North Carolina. He religiously follows his favorite teams The New York Yankees and Dallas Cowboys (yes, he knows) as well as his alma mater the Tar Heels and West Ham United F.C. in the Premier League. See more of his work on Twitter @tommyfradenburg.

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